Excerpt from What Is England Doing? This is the question about the war which one hears more frequently than almost any other in America. Frequently it implies a criticism; and, certainly till the last few months it implied a large measure of disappointment even among the warmest friends of England. The Germans have not missed the opportunity of encouraging the idea that in some mysterious way Great Britain has lost prestige. They have been aided by the traditional British reticence, a reticence which nevertheless has its advantages; for, when results are achieved in silence, they are, in the end, doubly effective, effective in themselves, and deadly to the talkers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.